Cancer by type

This is often called the 'multidisciplinary team' or 'MDT' for short. Teams work together to share their expertise.

Multidisciplinary teams work at the Oxford University Hospitals in the following specialties.

• Brain and central nervous system
• Breast
• Colorectal and Anal
  (colon, rectum, anus)
• Gynaecological
  (cervix, uterus, ovary, vagina and vulva)
• Haematology / bone marrow transplant
  (blood)
• Head and Neck
  
• Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic (HPB)
  (liver and pancreas)
• Liver
• Lung
• Musculoskeletal/sarcoma
  (bone and connective tissue)
• Neuroendocrine
  
• Oesophagogastric / Upper Gastrointestinal
  (oesophagus and stomach)
• Paediatric
  (children's)
• Skin
• Teenage and Young Adult (TYA)
• Thyroid
• Urological
  (kidney, bladder, prostate, testis and penis)

Links

• NHS website: information on cancer and useful links
• Cancer Research UK: about cancer
• Maggie's Centre, Oxford